Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-23
Alma. Mich, Friday. Sept. % 1887.

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New for nckle. AS
Fine Box Paper forty shades of
French tissue at Webb's
Mr.. Dallas has sold his house on Case
addition to Mrs Jennings.
Boys, don't smoke the old chestnut.
but smoke Something New, at Webb S.
viii Carnahan and wife are attend
ing the fair at lIubbardston this week.
There is no use talking. Webb is al
ways looking out for Something
New. AS
Farmers will do well to read Faugh-
ner u Co.'S adv. in this issue. more
money in corn husks than in wheat.
Geo. r. Brown, who has been wrest-
ling with fever the past five weeks, left
Wednesday for a few days recreation
with relatives at Bovine Center. Kent
county.
Why pay $500 for a silk umbrella
with common handle when You can get
one with gold head at POrters for the
same price with your name engraved
on free
Something New is pure unhavored
cigar. 1t costs you a nick.e at Webb's
and You will find it as good as any lOc
cigar sold by the local dealers. Ask
Webb for something New AS
DR.. Kergan, of Detroit. will be at the
Milliken House Thursday. Sept. %.
This being the first personal visit the
Doctor has ever made to Alma. He
will undoubtedly have to wait on "A
large number of callers
MARRIED-At the brides parents
Sept. 2lst Ira Moody and Miss Matte
Campbell both of Forest Hill, by Rev
Cook, of Elsie. The happy couple left
Thursday morning for IA trip to Ohio
The best wishes of the RECORD follows
them,
Just received a large and complete
line of Boots and Shoes direct from the
manufactory consisting in mems boys
youth 5, well assorted, will be sold at
the lowest possible living price. All
parties will do well to examine stock
before purchasing elsewhere.
w. r.. KINCH.#
| have under my control some choice
farms and farming lands. also some
valuable lots. in the most desirable To-
cation IN Alma that | shall offer for
sale during the next 6 months
at prices that defy competition.
BERT WOODWARD.
430-3 N Alma, Mich.
Monte Cristo.-Last night Alden
Beneiict's dramatic company. which
has at every point at which it.has APP
peared, received the highest enconlums
from the press and public. presented
the great drama, Tile Count of Monte
Cristo, at Metropolitan. In the pre-
sentation of the piece in this city. the
company showed that it merited all the
words Of praise that has been given it,
One very strong point with the COM
pany is the superb scenery which it
carries, being faithful representations
of the places and surroundings at which
the events in the play transpire. Mr..
Alden Benedict showed wonderful fa-
cility in representing five different
characters, and faithfully representing
all 10 life. Other members of the COM
pany are Of the highest order of actors
and know how to obviate every tenden-
cy to monotony. The play is one of
thrilling interest. and abounds in scenes
combining the pathetic, startling and
humorous. and as presented by Alden
Benedict and his company, is repre-
sentative part of the best modern
-Rdlcigb N. c. )Nc,rs and OJsey-
rCr.
Some Of us still shudder when we
remember our struggles with the mean
ingless rules Of English grammar; but
the subject is now so differently taught
that we were unable to name the class
from observing a recitation at the
Union school.
The way in which Miss Yerington.
in charge of the intermediate depart
ment, conducts her grammar class for
the year is as follows In the fall term
there are sixteen weeks. Each week
the pupils learn the necessary facts for
writing upon one Of the interesting
epochs of the United States history, e.
e.: the Mound Builders. the Indians,
the discovery OF America. etc. On the
first -four days Of the week. they learn
as much as possible about the topic.
recite il, write sentences about il and
correct them. On Friday the whole is
rewritten i'm the form of a story and
! the corrected essay copied into a
blank book provided for the purpose.
| The whole makes an interesting childs
! history often illustrated by drawings.
| This is called grammar or language
class because the chief object is To pro-
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